{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_japan_invasive_alien_species_act","category":"exotic-pet-japan","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_japan_invasive_alien_species_act\ncategory: exotic-pet-japan\ntitle: \"Japan's Invasive Alien Species Act (外来生物法) designates specified invasive alien species (特定外来生物) as the regulatory target — a separate track from pet-food law\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Ministry of the Environment, Japan (環境省) — 外来生物法 特定外来生物等一覧 overview\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/japan-2026/env_moe_gairai_list_overview.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"環境省 外来生物法 特定外来生物等一覧\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Ministry of the Environment, Japan (環境省)\"\n  title: \"Japan's Invasive Alien Species Act designates specified invasive alien species (特定外来生物) as the regulatory target\"\n  url: \"https://www.env.go.jp/nature/intro/2outline/iaslist.html\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"外来生物法 特定外来生物等一覧 (MOE overview)\"\n  doc_type: \"government overview page (official, first-hand)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Japan regulates specified invasive alien species (特定外来生物) under the Invasive Alien Species Act\n\nJapan's **Invasive Alien Species Act** (外来生物法 — Act on the Prevention of Adverse Effects of Alien Species on Ecosystems, etc.) designates **特定外来生物** (specified invasive alien species) as the regulatory target. The Ministry of the Environment (環境省) overview states the Act's selection covers alien species that are highly invasive and harm — or may harm — Japan's ecosystems, human life/body, and agriculture/forestry/fisheries, and that **both foreign-origin and domestic-origin alien species are covered**. This is a biodiversity / invasive-species statute: exotic **animals** are governed here, on a track separate from any pet-food or nutrition standard.\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand MOE source, with English translation.\n\n> 外来生物法に基づく規制の対象となる特定外来生物・未判定外来生物に加えて、同法の規制対象以外の外来種も幅広く選定\n> *(In addition to the specified invasive alien species [特定外来生物] and unassessed alien species [未判定外来生物] that are regulatory targets under the Invasive Alien Species Act, alien species outside the Act's regulatory scope are also broadly selected — for the advisory list.)*\n\n> 侵略性が高く、我が国の生態系、人の生命・身体、農林水産業に被害を及ぼす又はそのおそれのある外来種を選定\n> *(Alien species that are highly invasive and cause, or may cause, harm to our country's ecosystems, human life and body, and agriculture/forestry/fisheries are selected.)*\n\n> 国外由来の外来種だけでなく、国内由来の外来種も対象\n> *(Not only foreign-origin alien species, but also domestically-originating alien species are covered.)*\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/japan-2026/env_moe_gairai_list_overview.txt` (first-hand MOE 外来生物法 overview, tag-stripped; retrieved 2026-07-28 via relay).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `外来生物法に基づく規制の対象となる特定外来生物・未判定外来生物に加えて、同法の規制対象以外の外来種も幅広く選定`\n- `侵略性が高く、我が国の生態系、人の生命・身体、農林水産業に被害を及ぼす又はそのおそれのある外来種を選定`\n- `国外由来の外来種だけでなく、国内由来の外来種も対象`\n\n## Analysis (not a C1 claim — derived from the verbatim above)\n\nThis confirms Japan's **separate exotic-animal regulatory track**: exotic animals that pose an invasive-risk are addressed under a biodiversity/invasive-species law, **not** under a pet-feed or nutrition standard. It is consistent with the gap established across the EXOTIC-A/B/C batches — AAFCO and FEDIAF build their nutrient frameworks on a **dog/cat axis**, and China's pet-feed labeling rules (MOA Announcement No. 20, 2018) likewise address only the 犬/猫 (dog/cat) species axis. No jurisdiction examined so far covers exotic-pet *feeding* under a dedicated pet-feed standard; where an exotic animal is regulated, it is the **animal itself** (possession/import/invasive-risk) that is governed, not its feed.\n\n**Honest-pending (not fabricated):** at fetch time (2026-07-28, via Tokyo relay) the enumerated **特定外来生物 species list** (MOE `list/list.pdf`) returned a 404, and the Act text on e-Gov (`elaws.e-gov.go.jp`) was WAF/404-blocked. Therefore (a) the specific designated animal species (the 特定動物 subset) and (b) the exact possession/import-restriction wording in the Act are **not claimed here** and remain pending until a first-hand source is reachable.\n","sources":["Ministry of the Environment, Japan — Japan's Invasive Alien Species Act designates specified invasive alien species (特定外来生物) as the regulatory target (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"Ministry of the Environment, Japan","title":"Japan's Invasive Alien Species Act designates specified invasive alien species (特定外来生物) as the regulatory target","url":"https://www.env.go.jp/nature/intro/2outline/iaslist.html","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"環境省 外来生物法 特定外来生物等一覧","verification_file":"pdf-raw/japan-2026/env_moe_gairai_list_overview.txt"},"source_document":"環境省 外来生物法 特定外来生物等一覧","source_file":"pdf-raw/japan-2026/env_moe_gairai_list_overview.txt","tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}